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emphasize that their decision to do so had nothing to do with the fine work that this Board did in <br /> bringing forward the International Plumbing Code. <br /> I think the board did a very good IPC ordinance and presentation, with an excellent record <br /> showing how and why it made changes to make sure that its version of the plumbing code was at <br /> least as strict as the uniform code. <br /> The draft ordinance which I prepared simply refers to the 1997 Uniform Plumbing Code with the <br /> appendices adopted by the State Board. I do need your help and assistance in determining <br /> whether there are other amendments that the State Board has approved that we should mclude, or <br /> if there are any amendments which the City would want to include. <br /> Ray Schlott—Are the people who testified to this Board against the IPC they same people named <br /> in the lawsuit. <br /> Sam Light—I am not sure. <br /> Ray Schlott—The"harm"would seem to be quite vague. <br /> Sam Light—It is nothing more than an allegation. <br /> Greg Culhson—We only adopted portions of the IPC that ran directly in line with the UPC. <br /> Greg Cullison—The speakers at our hearings were picking the pieces out of the code which they <br /> were opposed to. Those were things we had opted not to include. <br /> Sam Light—That is why I think that part of this lawsuit is getting towards bigger issues. I think <br /> we did an excellent job of amending our code to make it at least as restrictive as the Uniform <br /> Code. What they are looking for some victory,no matter what form it comes in,that says that <br /> the Uniform Plumbing Code is better than the IPC Something that they can use as leverage. <br /> That is what I see as one of the motivating factors behind this lawsuit. If you win this sort of <br /> lawsuit agamst a statutory municipality then you have a judgement which you can use at the next <br /> hearing of a home rule City <br /> Thomas Talboom—This will not come down as a judgement,will it? <br /> Sam Light—We have done nothing more than receive a lawsuit by the Pipe Trades Association <br /> and two persons who allege that the international plumbing code is a scam code. If we repeal <br /> that code,the suit will likely be moot and dismissed. <br /> Greg Culhson—They can still use that,they can say we made this jurisdiction back down. That <br /> is almost is good as going to court and going through the whole process. The sad thing is that we <br /> amended all the things out of the code that they objected to I wish we had deep pockets because <br /> 2 <br />